Tag Archives: Botswana’s Kalahari

KLRU chooses three programs each month for your family to enjoy and view together. In June 2014, we will have some great family viewing opportunities beginning with NOVA “Earth From Space” where it reveals a space-based vision of our planet. In the middle of the month is Nature “Great Zebra Exodus” where it follows their ancient migration, and join Sir Attenborough as he explores the weird world of frogs in Nature “Fabulous Frogs.”

NOVA “Earth From Space”Wednesday, June 11 at 8:00 pm. (2 hours)
This film reveals a spectacular new space-based vision of our planet. Produced in extensive consultation with NASA scientists, NOVA takes data from earth-observing satellites and transforms it into dazzling visual sequences, each one exposing the intricate web of forces that sustains life on earth. Viewers witness how dust blown from the Sahara fertilizes the Amazon; how a vast submarine “waterfall” off Antarctica helps drive ocean currents around the world; and how the sun’s heating up of the southern Atlantic gives birth to a colossally powerful hurricane. From the microscopic world of water molecules vaporizing over the ocean to the magnetic field that is bigger than Earth itself, the show reveals the astonishing beauty and complexity of our dynamic planet.

Nature “Great Zebra Exodus”
Wednesday, June 18 at 7:00 pmWhen thunderclouds begin to gather over Botswana’s Kalahari each year, 20,000 zebras begin an ancient journey, as southern Africa’s biggest animal migration gets underway. In a never-ending quest for grass and water, the striped herds make their epic trek across the vast otherworldly landscape of the Kalahari’s Makgadikgadi Pans, through prides of lions, and past families of meerkats, taking on the desert salt pans in their own way. The story of this spectacular annual migration is told through the eyes of zebra stallions, their mares, and their young, revealing the trials and triumphs and the fascinating social bonds that hold zebra families together.

Nature “Fabulous Frogs”
Wednesday, June 25 at 7:00 pmSir David Attenborough takes us on a journey through the weird and wonderful world of frogs, shedding new light on these charismatic, colorful and frequently bizarre little animals through first-hand stories, the latest science, and cutting-edge technology. Frogs from around the world are used to demonstrate the wide variety of frog anatomy, appearance and behavior. Their amazing adaptations and survival techniques have made them the most successful of all amphibians.